# 2022 Copa América Femenina

The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina, for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 to 30 July 2022.
The tournament acted as South American qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, providing three direct qualifying places and two play-off places for the Women's World Cup, and three more places for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Chile (in addition to Chile who qualified automatically as hosts). In addition, the two finalists qualified for the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. The top four teams also qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in the United States. After this edition, the tournament would be held every two years instead of four in odd-number years, no longer a Women's World Cup qualifier anymore, and serve as a path to women's football at the Pan American Games and the Summer Olympics.
Brazil, the three-time defending champions, defeated Colombia 1–0 in the final to win their 8th title. As winners, they competed in the inaugural 2023 Women's Finalissima against England, winners of UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL women's national teams were eligible to enter.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| Argentina | 8th | Champions (2006) | 35 |
| Bolivia | 8th | Fifth place (1995) | 91 |
| Brazil (holders) | 9th | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 9 |
| Chile | 9th | Runners-up (1991, 2018) | 38 |
| Colombia (hosts) | 7th | Runners-up (2010, 2014) | 28 |
| Ecuador | 8th | Third place (2014) | 68 |
| Paraguay | 7th | Fourth place (2006) | 50 |
| Peru | 7th | Third place (1998) | 66 |
| Uruguay | 7th | Third place (2006) | 71 |
| Venezuela | 8th | Third place (1991) | 52 |

## Venues

The venues were announced on 16 December 2021. The matches were played at stadiums in three Colombian cities: Cali, Bucaramanga and Armenia.
| Armenia | Bucaramanga | Cali | BucaramangaCaliArmeniaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 Copa América Femenina. |
| Estadio Centenario | Estadio Alfonso López | Estadio Pascual Guerrero | BucaramangaCaliArmeniaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 Copa América Femenina. |
| Capacity: 20,716 | Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 35,405 | BucaramangaCaliArmeniaclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2022 Copa América Femenina. |

## Draw

The tournament draw was held on 7 April 2022, 11:00 COT (UTC−5), in Asuncion, Paraguay.
| Seeds | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Colombia (Group A) Brazil (Group B) | Chile Argentina | Paraguay Venezuela | Bolivia Uruguay | Peru Ecuador |

## Match officials

On 8 June 2022, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the tournament.

### Referees

* Laura Fortunato
* Adriana Farfán
* Edina Alves Batista
* María Belén Carvajal
* María Victoria Daza
* Susana Corella
* Zulma Quiñónez
* Elizabeth Tintaya
* Sandra Braz
* Anahí Fernández
* Yercinia Correa

### Assistant referees

* Mariana de Almeida
* Daiana Milone
* Liliana Bejarano
* Inés Choque
* Neuza Back
* Leila Moreira
* Cindy Nahuelcoy
* Loreto Toloza
* Nataly Arteaga
* Eliana Ortiz
* Mónica Amboya
* Viviana Segura
* Laura Miranda
* Nadia Weiler
* Gabriela Moreno
* Thyty Rodríguez
* Vera Yupanqui
* Andreia Sousa
* Rita Cabañero Mompó
* Luciana Mascaraña
* Adela Sánchez
* Thaity Dugarte
* ↑ Laura Cárdenas (Venezuela) was originally listed as an assistant referee but was replaced by Rodríguez.

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the two third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).

### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking:
* Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Fewest red cards;
* Fewest yellow cards;
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Advance to fifth place match |
| 4 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | Advance to fifth place match |
| 4 | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, if the fifth-place play-off, semi-finals and third-place play-off were level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no extra time would be played and the match would be decided by a direct penalty shoot-out. Only if the final was level at the end of the normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team would be allowed to make an extra substitution. If still tied after extra time, the final would be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the champions.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 July – Bucaramanga | 25 July – Bucaramanga |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 | 30 July – Bucaramanga | 30 July – Bucaramanga |
| Argentina | 0 | 30 July – Bucaramanga | 30 July – Bucaramanga |
| Argentina | 0 | Colombia | 0 |
| 26 July – Bucaramanga | 26 July – Bucaramanga | | Colombia | 0 |
| 26 July – Bucaramanga | 26 July – Bucaramanga | Brazil | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | Brazil | 1 |
| Paraguay | 0 | | |
| Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| 24 July – Armenia | 24 July – Armenia |
| Chile (p) | 1 (4) |
| Venezuela | 1 (2) |
| Third place match | Third place match |
| 29 July – Armenia | 29 July – Armenia |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Paraguay | 1 |

### Fifth place match

The winners of the fifth place match advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

### Semi-finals

The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

### Third place match

The winners of the third place match qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.48 goals per match.
6 goals
* Yamila Rodríguez
5 goals
* Adriana
* Debinha
3 goals
* Florencia Bonsegundo
* Bia Zaneratto
* Jessica Martínez
* Deyna Castellanos
2 goals
* Eliana Stábile
* Ary Borges
* Yenny Acuña
* Francisca Lara
* Daniela Arias
* Linda Caicedo
* Daniela Montoya
* Mayra Ramírez
* Manuela Vanegas
* Marthina Aguirre
* Nayely Bolaños
* Rebeca Fernández
* Pamela González
* Esperanza Pizarro
1 goal
* Estefanía Banini
* Érica Lonigro
* Érika Salvatierra
* Duda
* Duda Sampaio
* Duda Santos
* Fe Palermo
* Geyse
* Yessenia López
* Daniela Pardo
* Camila Sáez
* Mary Valencia
* Daniela Zamora
* Liana Salazar
* Leicy Santos
* Catalina Usme
* Nicole Charcopa
* Joselyn Espinales
* Giannina Lattanzio
* Danna Pesántez
* Kerlly Real
* Lice Chamorro
* Fany Gauto
* Ramona Martínez
* Fabiola Sandoval
* Belén Aquino
* Ximena Velazco
* Oriana Altuve
1 own goal
* Romina Núñez (against Paraguay)
* Ericka Morales (against Colombia)
* Érika Salvatierra (against Chile)

## Awards

* 2022 Copa América Femenina winners
* Brazil 8th title
| Award | Winner |
| Golden Ball | Linda Caicedo |
| Top scorer | Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals) |
| Golden Glove | Lorena |
| Fair Play | Chile |
Best XI :
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Lorena | Tamires Rafaelle Agustina Barroso Antônia | Daniela Montoya Catalina Usme Jessica Martínez | Linda Caicedo Debinha Yamila Rodríguez |

## Tournament teams ranking

This table shows the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | Colombia (H) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Argentina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | Paraguay | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Chile | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Venezuela | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Sixth place |
| 7 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Qualification for international tournaments
### Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup |
| Colombia | 25 July 2022 | 2 (2011, 2015) |
| Brazil | 26 July 2022 | 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Argentina | 29 July 2022 | 3 (2003, 2007, 2019) |
    $^1$ Italic indicates hosts for that year.

### Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| Colombia | 25 July 2022 | 2 (2012, 2016) |
| Brazil | 26 July 2022 | 7 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
    $^2$ Italic indicates hosts for that year.

### Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Pan American Games |
| Chile | 4 November 2017 | 1 (2011) |
| Venezuela | 21 July 2022 | 0 (debut) |
| Argentina | 25 July 2022 | 5 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Paraguay | 26 July 2022 | 2 (2007, 2019) |
| Bolivia | 10 October 2023 | 0 (debut) |
    $^a$ Bolivia replaced Venezuela in the 2023 Pan American Games
    $^3$ Italic indicates hosts for that year.